Poison container



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i isaiasi POISON CONTAINER. y

Application filed May 10, 1921. Serial` No. 468,230.

To all whom z' may concern."

Be it known that we, SAMUnL Si, SNYnnR and GEORGE lV. Snoer, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of "White Sulphur Springs, in thecounty of Meagher and State of Montana, haveinven'ted a new and improvedPoison Container, of which the following is a full, clear," and exactdescrip tion.

This invention relates to improvements in poison containers, an objectofthe invention bein@ to rovide an im roved constructiony of poisoncontainer in which the poison is `readily accessible to gophers, rats,mice, squirrels, or similar lsmall animals or rodents, and which is soconstructed as to be inaccessible to fowl and birds because the latteriind their food by sight. f

A further ob 'ect is to provide a container of the characterdescribed,which can be readily secured to thel ground andv moved from `onelocation to another, and which will be so constructed that it is notliable to bc broken or trampled by draft animals moving over the field.

With these andL other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features y of construction, and combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claim.

In the accompanying drawings- Figures 1- and 2 are perspective viewsillustrating our improved trap in operative position. y

Figure 3 is a view partly in elevation and partly in vertical sectionillustrating our` improved container. l

l represents a relatively long rod which may have an eye or handle 2 atits upper end, and which is provided with a` pointed lower end 3 tofacilitate its passage into the ground by downward pressure on the rod.A portion at least of this rod 1 is screw threaded, as shown at li, forthe reception of a nut 5 and a receptacle 6 is made with a centralopening' 7 to receive the rod l and rests upon the nut 5.

By adjusting,r the nut 5 vertically any de-` sired length of lower endor prong may be provided to give the device the desired depth ofanchorage in the ground. y

A sleeve 8is`pcsitioned on the rod l above the receptacle 6 and ai cover9 is located on the rod and rests upon the sleeve 8, said sleeve holdingthe cover of the receptacle' in spaced relation. y

The receptacle 6 is adapted vto contain poisoned oats l0. or any otherpoisoned inaterial, and it will be noted that said receptacle 6 is ofappreciably less diameter than the cover 9 and that said covery 9 has adepending flangell of any desired depth, so that the cover operates tonot only shield the container from the weather, but to prevent birds,fowls, and the like, from viewing the container. n

IGophers, rats, mice, squirrels, rodents of any sort, and small animalsiind their food by the sense of smell and they will readily locate thepoisoned material l() and eat the saine and die, whereas fowl and birdsof different sorts locate their food by sight and the cover 9 willprevent them from seeing the poison food and they will not be destroyedthereby.

It will `be noted that the rod l is of appreciably great length, so thatit extends high enough above the ground to be readily seen and preventdraft animals and the like from stepping on the container to destroy thesame. i

A washer l2 is preferably interposed between t-he upper end of thesleeve S and the cover 9 and a Cotter pin i3 projected through the rod labove the cover 9 to prevent the latter from being; moved upwardly by abird or fowl.

l,The container can be readily moved from `place to place and securelyanchored, as will be readily understood. y

Various slight changes might be made in the general forni andarrangement of the parts described `without departing from theinvention, and hence we do not limit ourselves to the precise detailsset forth, but

reime? miner on the redleeafted against the mit, a sleeve en the redabeve the container, a cover on the red supported on the Sleeve. a. depending il'aiifge on the cover, end said cover of appreeiebly greaterdiameter than the receptecle.

SAMUEL S. SNYDER. GEORGE W. SHORT.

